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All Angus Friendly Ends in Draw

Thursday, 07 July 2011 09:08

Forfar Athletic 1 Montrose 1

Forfar and Montrose shared the spoils last night in what was both sides second preseason match of the new season. A draw was probably a fair reflection on proceedingswith the Loons enjoying the best of the first half, and the visitors lookingstronger in the second period.

The home side should have taken the lead on 15 minutes when an Iain Campbell cornerwas floated across the six yard box only to see Bolochoweckyj fail to connect byinches.

Forfar had soon created further chances with Crawford firing straight at theMontrose keeper and Iain Campbell shooting wide from 18 yards out. Montrose's bestefforts of the first half came when Martin Boyle, an early substitute, was involved,however the match remained goalless at the iinterval.

On the hour mark Boyle was released down the right wing by a Montrose trialist andas he cut inside the box was felled by Mark McCulloch. John Crawford dispatched thepenalty to give his side the lead.

The Loons levelled after 75 minutes when a Stevie Crawford pass found Ross Campbellinside the box and the Forfar striker fired past the trialist keeper for theequaliser.

Both managers agreed it had been a decent workout for their sides with Dick Campbellmost pleased with his trialist full back and Ray Farningham not surprisingly singingthe praises of Martin Boyle.

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